On Thursday this week, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland announced the zoo would once again be home to cheetahs ...

Illegal wildlife traps can be incredibly harmful to local ecosystems. Animal welfare group outraged after illegal trap leads ...

Police have launched a probe after the incident took place at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder shortly before 1am on Wednesday ...

COPS are probing reports of a potential lynx sighting in a Scots woodland – 207 miles from the scene of the last illegal dumping of the wildcats. The big cat was spotted prowling woods near Newton ...

Darren McGarry, the Head of Living Collections at The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said: "It is so exciting to have capybaras at the zoo for the first time in over 15 years. Our two young ...

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney (Peter Summers/PA ... with the remaining three said to be “doing well” by experts at Edinburgh Zoo where they were quarantined. The three charities ...

Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo can get a glimpse of Scotland's answer to Moo Deng as she becomes bolder, spending more time each ...

Police are investigating a possible sighting of a lynx in woodland. Officers said the incident happened in Newton Stuart , Dumfries and Galloway , last week. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We ...

The animal’s story has been compared to that of Buddy the beefalo, who spent about eight months on the lam after escaping a Plymouth slaughterhouse.

The 8-week-old calf is already a star and social butterfly, zoo staff said. A Scottish Highland calf is zooming his way into America's heart, one hoof at a time. Hamish, an 8-week-old calf ...